Living In His Story

This is a painting done by the artist David Arms and it depicts God's Story.  He describes it like this:

"God’s Story comes to us as a redemptive drama in four parts.

Creation—when everything was as God meant it to be.

Fall—the tragic intrusion of sin and death, resulting in the pervasive brokenness of all people and everything God has made.

Redemption—God’s astonishing promise to redeem his fallen image-bearers and creation through the grace-full work of his Son, Jesus Christ.

Consummation—the magnificent fulfillment of God’s plan to gather and cherish a people forever, and to live with them in a more-than-restored world, called “the new heaven and new earth.”

My question for you is kind of a difficult one.  ARE YOU LIVING IN HIS STORY?  Do you believe that God is the one who has or can rescue you?  Do you believe he is the one that can redeem your past?  Do you believe that there is a hope for you today? Not only are you living in his story, but do you believe you are a character in his story? 

Many of us believe we are in our own story.  That we are really alone in the game of life and if we just try hard enough or just catch a few breaks, then good things will happen.  I have come to find out for myself that this doesn't work.

So, will you choose to live in your own story or will you find yourself in God's story?